Star Wars Episode 7 News

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Darth Vader as a Hot Wheels Car!

Next month at the San Diego Comic-Con, Hot Wheels will unveil its new line of Star Wars-themed vehicles, the first of which, the Darth Vader car shown here, will be available for purchase at the show...

But you don't need to wait until June 10 for issue #150 of Star Wars Insider magazine to hit local comic shops or bookstores. Subscribers have it now, and a friend sent us the photos you see here. That's the Darth Vader car that will be shown at Comic-Con as a life-size, street-legal, one-off custom build. The toy version of it is what show attendees will be able to buy on-site in the black box that Hot Wheels tweeted.

The die-cast car comes packaged in a display case shaped like Vader's lightsaber:

In the Star Wars Insider interview, Mattel Vice President Jean Gomes says that in addition to a variety of Star Wars Hot Wheels, the lineup will include character-inspired originals like the Vader car, traditional cars wearing Star Wars decos, as well as a line of die-cast versions of the actual vehicles from the Star Wars universe. The full range will be shown at the Comic-Con Hot Wheels display.

oh dear god. When you're expecting hints about episode vii and then read a headline with the words 'darth vader' you almost shit yourself with an explosion of anger and confusion and crushing heart break. bloody hot wheels wtf lol. Don't fail me again admiral.

Jesus, some people need to get a life and stop complaining! If this blog were silent for days at a time because of a lack of genuine new Episode VII information, far more people would drift away and stop visiting. You're doing a great job Viral and team, keep up the good work!David

Yeah cause every single minute of every day there is new news... How much info did you get on Star Trek the year before release? the leaks are proof Disney is incapable of handling this franchise! The fact they just made former Disney exec a member of LFL is bad news for LFL!... The best part about these films is the rampant speculation of things leading up to the films. some times we get legit info sometimes we get stuff so out there you have to laugh! if your new to the filming of these as in were not around when episode 3 was being filmed STFU and go back to suckling the teet!